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From YouTube: League of Women Voters Bloomington: Legislative Candidate Videos - General Election 2020
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League of Women Voters Bloomington presents Legislative Candidate Videos for the 2020 General Election.
A
Welcome
to
the
airing
of
candidate
videos
produced
by
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington
with
a
special
thank
you
to
the
city
of
bloomington
for
the
production.
My
name
is
grayson
crombie
and
I'm
a
member
of
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington
the
league
of
women.
Voters
is
a
non-partisan
political
organization
that
never
endorses
candidates
or
political
parties.
B
Thank
you
first
to
the
league
of
women
voters
in
bloomington
for
having
this
ability
to
talk
to
you
personally
and
to
tell
you
why
I
want
to
continue
to
represent
our
district
center
district
49.
My
name
is
melissa
lopez,
franzen
and
I've
been
representing
our
district,
which
includes
the
communities
of
edina,
bloomington,
eden,
prairie
minnetonka
since
2012
and
I'm
running
for
my
third
term
in
the
senate.
B
I
want
to
continue
the
work
that
I
started
when,
by
with
my
first
term,
when
we
made
significant
progress
in
in
our
state,
we
passed
a
freedom,
equality,
freedom
to
marriage,
we
passed
all-day
kindergarten
and
we
also
did
increases
in
the
minimum
wage.
Just
this
last
session,
in
2020,
we
were
able
to
pass
tobacco
21
insulin
for
all
affordability
for
people
who
need
this
drug
to
live,
and
we
also
passed
environmental
tce
ban
the
first
in
the
nation.
B
We're
able
to
do
so
many
things
like
tobacco
21
as
well,
and
we
have
a
lot
to
do
still
in
the
state
with
a
global
pandemic,
where
we
first
of
all,
have
to
thank
our
first
responders,
who
have
been
working
in
the
front
lines.
Not
just
our
health
care
professionals,
but
the
teachers
that
have
been
working,
overtime
and
and
out
of
their
normal
routine
with
distance
learning.
B
We
have
to
thank
our
firefighters
and
our
police
for
all
the
work
that
they've
done
with
this
global
pandemic,
and
we
have
to
acknowledge
that
we're
going
to
get
out
of
it
together
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
robust
state
infrastructure
to
continue
to
support
us
during
this
time.
I
encourage
others
to
to
really
think
about
the
the
science
behind
it
and
continue
to
stay
safe
in
our
communities.
B
I
want
to
continue
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
in
the
senate.
I've
served
on
different
committees
since
2012,
starting
with
education
policy.
I've
been
on
health,
health
care
and
health
and
human
services.
I
was
vice
chair,
my
first
term,
which
was
four
years
of
work
and
also
on
higher
education,
transportation
and
public
safety.
I
currently
sit
on
taxes.
Excuse
me,
I
just
finished
my
a
year
in
taxes
and
now
I'm
on
finance,
and
I
also
serve
on
transportation
still
to
this
day
as
well
as
health
and
human
services.
B
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
continues.
That
needs
to
be
continued
to
be
recognized
like
the
equity
and
disparities
that
we
have
in
education
and
health
care,
and
in
light
of
the
recent
killing
of
george
floyd,
we
also
have
to
acknowledge
that
there
is
systemic
racism
in
a
lot
of
parts
of
our
government
system
from
its
founding.
The
america
is
not
perfect,
but
we
certainly
strive
to
a
perfect
union.
B
I
want
to
also
acknowledge
that
the
work
of
the
posse
caucus,
which
I
am
part
of
the
people
of
color
and
indigenous
caucus
we've
been
working
on
a
lot
of
public
safety
reforms
and
criminal
justice
reforms
for
many
many
years
and
now
with
the
spotlight
on
minnesota,
we
have
to
showcase
what
we're
able
to
do
and
accomplish
together.
So
I
want
to
work
with
my
colleagues
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle
we
have
to
do
this
together.
B
There
is
no
other
way
and
we're
going
to
come
out
of
it,
not
just
george
floyd's
killing,
but
also
the
pandemic
stronger
than
we've
ever
been
before,
because
we
will
do
it
as
the
minnesota
way
we're
going
to
do
it
together.
I
want
to
acknowledge
all
those
constituents
who
have
been
contacting
me
throughout
the
years.
B
Minnesota
is
going
to
have
a
projected
deficit
because
of
the
economic
downturn
and
the
pandemic,
so
we
have
a
lot
to
at
stake
and
we
were
in
good
foundation
and
standing
with
a
1.6
billion
dollar
surplus.
At
the
beginning
of
the
year
that's
gone
now
we
have
to
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
work
together
to
make
sure
how
we're
going
to
fund
transportation
sustainably,
how
we're
going
to
keep
people
safe
and
healthy,
with
health
care
access,
and
so
many
other
important
areas
of
our
state
government.
I'm
there
for
you.
B
You
know
how
to
find
me
my
cell
phone,
my
address
you,
I'm
always
open
and
available
to
make
time
to
meet
with
you
in
person,
with
a
mask
or
by
phone
or
zoom,
as
we've
been
doing
for
the
last
few
sessions
and
special
sessions.
I
look
forward
to
continue
to
be
your
voice
in
the
legislature
and
specifically
in
the
minnesota
senate,
so
we
can
move
our
minnesota
forward
as
one
minnesota.
Thank.
B
C
C
It's
named
after
alex
smith
who,
whose
family
lives
in
richfield
alec
died
when
he
was
26
and
he
was
unable
to
afford
his
prescription
of
insulin,
and
so
he
began
rationing
it
and
was
not
able
to
to
get
a
supply
before
he
passed
away.
This
act
will
do
two
things
one.
It
provides
a
way
for
minnesotans
who
are
in
an
emergency
need
of
insulin
to
access
a
30-day
supply
at
no
charge
at
any
pharmacy
in
minnesota.
C
C
C
C
D
Hello,
this
is
state
representative,
steve
elkins.
Thank
you
for
taking
time
to
watch
this
video
and
thanks
to
the
bloomington
league
of
women
voters
for
providing
this
opportunity
for
me
to
speak
with
you
directly.
This
marks
the
35th
year
where
my
wife
judy
and
I
have
lived
in
our
bloomington
home
where
we
raised
our
our
two
daughters.
D
This
is
also
the
second
year
of
my
first
term
in
the
minnesota
house
of
representative,
which
has
been
challenging
to
say
that
the
least
and
2019
a
dozen
of
my
bills,
were
passed
into
law,
including
a
law
that
allows
cities
to
reduce
speed
limits
in
residential
neighborhoods
for
the
first
time,
a
cause
that
I
have
been
working
on
since
I
first
became
a
bloomington
city
council
member
almost
20
years
ago.
In
addition,
we
passed
tax
cuts
to
social
security,
represent
recipients
and
middle
class
wage
owners.
We
enacted
regulation
of
assisted
living
facilities
and
pharmaceutical
middlemen.
D
D
So,
as
I
record
this
today,
the
legislature
is
about
to
go
into
its
second
special
session
facing
a
budget
deficit
that
is
likely
to
consume
the
state's
entire
rainy
day
fund.
We
are
still
working
towards
an
agreement
on
a
public
works,
bonding
bill
which
I'm
confident
actually
that
will
get
done
by
the
time.
You're
viewing
this
and
I'll
be
extremely
disappointed
if
we
don't
surpass
a
significant
policing
reform
bill
in
the
wake
of
george
floyd's
murder.
D
If
you
return
me
to
the
legislature
in
november,
I'll
redouble
my
efforts
to
pass
each
of
these
signature
initiatives.
In
the
next
session,
in
terms
of
budget
priorities,
I
will
continue
to
advocate
for
the
transportation
funding
needed
to
provide
a
balanced
transportation
system
composed
of
both
roads
and
transit,
which
connects
workers
with
jobs
funded
at
levels
which
allow
local
governments
to
reduce
their
reliance
on
property.
D
D
You
should
also
know
that
I've
been
leveraging
my
25
years
of
private
industry
information
technology
experience
by
working
through
the
governor's
blue
ribbon
council
on
information
technology
reform
to
identify
changes
in
state
laws
that
are
necessary
to
prevent
future
I.t
project
fiasco
such
as
mnsure
and
mnlars.
I've
been
actively
working
in
in
the
on
the
mnlars
replacement
project
and
I'm
currently
digging
into
the
information
technology
issues
that
are
behind
many
of
the
extremely
expensive
mistakes
at
the
department
of
def
human
services.
D
You
can
learn
more
about
my
platform
and
my
initiatives
by
visiting
my
website
at
elkinsforhouse.com
and
because
we
don't
know
where
we're
going
to
be
with
respect
to
the
covet
19
virus
in
november,
I'm
strongly
encouraging
voters
to
visit
the
minnesota
secretary
of
state's
voter
information
portal
to
request
no
excuses
absentee
ballot.
I'm
sure
that
the
league
of
women
voters
has
provided
a
link
to
the
voter
portal
on
the
website,
where
you're
viewing
this
video
and
with
that.
Thank
you
for
your
time
today
and
please
stay
safe.
Thank.
D
E
First,
I
think
most
important
to
many
people
is
the
issue
of
whether
or
not
kids
are
going
to
be
back
in
school.
This
fall
and
I
think
there
is
probably
a
possible
compromise
out
there.
I
don't
think
it
needs
to
be
one
way
or
the
other.
I
do
have
a
letter
from
a
parent
in
the
area,
who
is
a
teacher
herself
with
young
school-aged
children,
and
she
found
it
difficult
to
provide
adequate
education
at
home.
E
E
E
Excuse
me,
and
as
we
get
back
to
work,
we
have
a
uphill
climb
ahead
of
us
to
dig
out
of
this
loss
of
revenue.
That's
going
to
be
impacting
the
state
budgets
for
many
years
to
come.
Certainly,
the
bloomington
area
is
going
to
suffer
a
tremendous
loss
of
revenue
from
the
shutdown,
the
loss
of
sales
from
all
of
america,
all
of
the
auto
dealers
and
the
hotels,
restaurants,
everything
in
bloomington
that's
been
shut
down
for
so
long
needs
to
reopen.
E
We
need
to
resume
our
reestablish
our
economy
and
get
families
allowed
to
get
back
in
and
and
get
to
work
and
get
out
of
this
hardship
that
they've
been
enduring
the
last
so
many
months.
We
started
this
as
a
with
a
strategy
to
flatten
the
curve,
and
it's
been
a
continued
two
weeks
and
two
weeks
and
two
weeks
and
now
people
are
facing
real
hardships.
Businesses
are
closing
down
permanently,
and
people
are
looking
for
solutions.
They
need
to
have
the
choice
to
go
back
and
resume
their
lives.
E
However,
they
see
bessie
fit.
I
think
the
governor
should
really
need
to
look
at
some
serious
alternatives
to
getting
schools
open
the
economy.
Going
again,
my
opponent
has
given
a
blank
check
to
the
governor
to
continue
his
his
unrestrained
powers
to
keep
the
economy
shut
down
and
continue
to
keep
the
kids
out
of
school.
I
would
like
to
offer
an
alternative
to
that.
I'd
like
to
push
the
governor
in
a
different
direction.
E
I
would
like
to
represent
you
in
49
b
in
west
bloomington,
and
I
invite
you
to
check
out
my
website
at
joeformn.com.
I
invite
your
input.
I
would
love
to
have
you
volunteer
and
help
get
the
word
out
to
the
other
residents
of
the
area.
A
lot
of
people,
I
suspect,
are
going
to
be
coming
in
off
of
the
sidelines
and
voting
for
the
first
time,
possibly
in
a
long
time.
E
F
E
G
Hi
there,
my
name
is
michael
howard,
your
state
representative
and
I'm
running
for
re-election,
because
I
believe
in
the
power
of
us
that
together,
when
we
band
together
as
our
neighbors
and
fight
for
each
other,
that
we
can
accomplish
big
things
that
improve
lives.
I
learned
this
as
an
intern
on
senator
paul
wellstone's
campaign
in
college.
In
my
first
term
as
your
state
representative,
I
had
the
honor
of
serving
our
communities
in
richfield
and
bloomington
and
we
fought
the
good
fight
and
got
some
good
things
done.
G
I'm
proud
to
have
authored
the
alex
smith,
insulin,
affordability,
act
and
worked
with
james
and
nicole
smith,
holt
to
honor
their
son
alec,
who
lost
his
life
rationing,
his
insulin
at
the
age
of
26..
We
passed
a
nation-leading
law
that
says
not
never
again
in
minnesota.
Will
someone
lose
their
life
because
they
cannot
afford
the
insulin
they
need
to
survive?
G
G
The
pharmaceutical
lobby
is
amongst
the
largest
in
the
country,
but
how
we
defeated
big
pharma
to
win
this
fight
is
by
working
together
with
regular
minnesotans
coming
to
the
capitol
sharing
their
stories,
and
it's
that
kind
of
work
together
as
a
community
that
will
allow
us
to
tackle
the
challenges
ahead.
You
know,
I
don't
need
to
tell
you
we're
in
unprecedented
times
facing
a
global
pandemic,
it's
more
important
than
ever
that
we
work
together
to
protect
the
health
of
our
citizens
and
protect
the
and
protect
the
economic
security
of
our
future.
G
As
your
state
representative,
I
am
committed
to
confronting
our
public
health
crisis
in
a
way
that
is
responsible
led
by
science
and
protects
lives,
and
I'm
also
committed
to
listening
to
you
and
being
proactive
in
responding
to
the
economic
storms
confronting
us.
In
particular,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
minnesotans
have
the
ability
to
afford
the
homes
that
they
live
in.
We
haven't
had
an
affordable
housing
crisis
before
covid19,
and
it's
only
pronounced
now
more
than
ever,
we
need
housing,
assistance
and
solutions
that
allow
folks
to
afford
their
homes.
G
G
I
am
the
author
of
police
arbitration
reform
legislation
that
aims
to
hold
officers
accountable
when
they
break
the
public
trust.
We
need
to
pursue
these
basic
reforms
that
honor
the
officers
that
uphold
the
trust
every
day
and
hold
officers
accountable
when
they
break
it,
but
we
also
need
to
acknowledge
that
racial
inequities
that
were
present
at
play
when
george
floyd
was
murdered
go
beyond
policing.
G
We
need
to
acknowledge
that
minnesota
is
a
great
place
to
live,
but
only
if
you're
white,
we
have
amongst
the
largest
racial
inequities
in
the
country
and
we're
only
going
to
be
successful
if
we
name
it
and
confront
them
head
on.
As
your
state
representative,
I
will
do
so
and
fight
for
housing
justice.
I
will
fight
for
affordable
health
care
for
all
I'll
fight
for
child
care,
access
and
better
jobs
and
paid
family
leave.
G
Now
in
this
election
folks
are
going
to
try
to
divide
us
and
the
way
that
we
can
defeat.
That
sentiment
is
by
acknowledging
again
our
power
together,
and
you
have
a
role
in
that
by
showing
up
and
voting.
We
together
can
confront
this
election
and
make
sure
that
our
community,
our
state
and
our
nation
is
back
on
the
right
track,
and
so
I
ask
for
your
support
again.
My
name
is
michael
howard.
You
can
learn
more
about
my
campaign
at
michaelhowardmn.com.
G
H
H
In
addition
to
our
work
responding
to
the
pandemic,
we
also
passed
new
laws
aimed
at
making
medication
more
affordable,
protecting
our
elections
and
ensuring
minnesota
remains
strong.
During
and
after
coving
19.,
I
made
it
a
priority
to
help
workers,
families
and
businesses,
weather
the
coven
19
pandemic
and
the
ensuing
economic
downturn.
H
H
This
year,
the
tireless
work
of
insulin
advocates
throughout
the
state.
Finally
culminated
in
the
alex
smith:
insulin,
affordability
act
becoming
law.
This
was
a
big
deal
in
minnesota.
Diabetics
will
now
be
able
to
access
an
emergency
supply
of
life-saving
insulin
when
they
are
in
dire
need,
with
insulin
manufacturers
paying
for
this
solution.